Pair burial of the Scythian Husband and Wife, found near Ternopil, Ukraine (c. 1000 BC). [OC] [2928 x 2015]3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Great Council Chamber of Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy - one of the largest pre-modern civic halls in the world.3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/europe
Everybody talks about Notre-Dame, but right now the first Gothic church in the world, Basilica of Saint-Denis in Paris is getting its North Tower restored!5yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/europe
Temples of Bacchus and Jupiter in Baalbek, Lebanon - once one of the largest Classical Ancient Roman structures built outside of Rome itself3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Medieval town of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany. Once one of the most picturesque and pristine Late Medieval towns in Europe. Destroyed on March 22nd, 1945, one month before the War's end4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The lost Round City of Baghdad, which was a center of Abbassid Caliphate and de-facto of Islamic world from 766 until its complete destruction by the Mongols under Hulagu Khan in 12584yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Perhaps the craziest brickwork ever done - Late 15th century Brick Gothic church of St. Anne in Vilnius, Lithuania - employing over 30 different types of load-bearing brick (zoom in for details).3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Eight-floors high Alter Bau (Old Building) in Geislingen a.d Steige, Germany, built 1445 - a masterpiece of Medieval engineering, probably the largest surviving half-timbered building the world3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Gothic Revival to the max! - Fritz Gosling's proposal for the original Reichstag [building] in Berlin, Germany (1871)4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
When the Masons want to show off - Skeleton Net Vault in St. Jacob Church in Langenstein, Hesse, Germany2yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Niccolo Paganini's House in Genoa, Italy - survived the nearby WW2 bombings but was demolished in the 70s in the urban renewal scheme along with a chunk of Genoa's eastern part of old town.2yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Siemens House (1692) in Goslar, Germany - ancestral home of the family that established one of the largest industrial companies in Europe; [building]4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Old Warehouses of Hollandischer Brook in Hamburg, Germany - once part of the largest concentration of mixed commercial-residential houses in Europe4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Historic Karstadt department store at Hermannplatz, Berlin, the icon of German interwar Expressionist\Streamline Moderne - to be rebuilt next year4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Brick Expressionist masterpiece - Anzeiger Hochhaus in Hanover, Germany4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
The Vaults of Heaven - Karl Friedrich Schinkel's finest Gothic Revival creation, New Altstadt Church, Konigsberg, built 1845; destroyed 1945.4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
South-Eastern side of Bremen Market Square with its set of Gothic and Renaissance townhouses - Demolished in 18604yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Jewel of Vicenza, a silver-clad model of the City of Vicenza attributed to Andrea Palladio - looted and destroyed by Napoleonic troops in 1797, faithfully reconstructed based on sketches and paintings in 2013 [1536 x 2228]2yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Concrete Gothic - Church of Saint Joan of Arc in Rouen, France (1979)4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
CargoLifter Airship Hangar near Berlin, Germany - World's Largest Free-Standing Hall [building].... and now a largest indoor tropical resort!4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Medieval town of Lisieux, Normandy - once one of the most preserved in France - destroyed by RAF bombardment today, 76 years ago.4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Pair burial of the Scythian Husband and Wife, found near Ternopil, Ukraine (c. 1000 BC).4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The Colossus of Prora (1936-39) - former Nazi resort hotel - the longest habitable building in Europe (4.5 km long) and a striking example of Nazi architecture3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/europe
Aisled frame of Westminster Hall - the largest pre-Modern civic hall [building] in Europe4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Hermann Spielberg's project submission for Berlin Cathedral [building], 18684yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Hall of Pillars, part of Danteium, designed by Giuseppe Terragni in 1938 for Benito Mussolini3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Old School of Wismar, Northern Germany - continuously used as a town school for almost 600 years until its destruction after a bombing raid on April 15, 1945.4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Sketch of Hotel La Couronne (built 1610) in Ensisheim, Alsace, France2yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Security pass (top level) at Chernobyl NPP during the Sarcophagus construction5yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/chernobyl
The Red House in Trier, Germany, built 1684, destroyed 1944 and rebuilt 19704yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
Borchersche Haus in Hildesheim (~1500) - once probably the largest half-timber building in the world - gone with the rest of the city after a 15 minute bombing raid by the Royal Air Force on March 22, 19454yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Great Altarpiece of Seville Cathedral (1482-1564), Gilded wood carving - the Single Largest altarpiece in the world [3450 x 5290]3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Old City Hall of Halle (Salle), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany - built around 1350, damaged on March 31, 1945, demolished in 1948 despite the outcry.4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Tomb of Giovanni Pesaro (1589-1659), 103rd Doge of Venice (for just one year) - in Frari, Venice [3024x4032] [OC]3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Flight over Vienna, August 9th, 1918 - Italian air raid on Vienna, planned and undertaken by nationalist poet Gabriele D'Annunzio - dropping no bombs but over 400,000 propaganda leaflets over the city.2yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/europe
Great Synagogue-Fortress of Luboml (1510), modern Ukraine - once one of the oldest synagogues in Europe - blown up by the Nazis in 19424yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The original design of unfinished Gothic Sint-Pieterskerk in Leuven, Belgium [building]4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Perspective drawing of Temple of Fortuna in Palestrina, one of the largest Roman Concrete buildings ever conceived (built around 200-80 BC) [building]4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Ancient Roman Funerary urn holder in a shape of a food stall, from a tomb of Publius Nonius Zethus, miller from Ostia Antica, c. 100 CE [3264 x 2448]3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Pellerhaus (1605) in Nuremberg, Germany - destroyed with the rest of the ancient city on January 2, 1945 during RAF raid on Old Town.5yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Parabolic arches of a former wine storage hall [building], 1921, Celler de Sant Cugat, Catalonia, Spain - by Cesar Martinell (Art Noveau\Catalan Modernisme)4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Baha'i House of Worship, Wilmette, Illinois (1953) - by John J. Earley - made entirely out of concrete [building]5yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
The Portal, at Molkenmarkt, Berlin, 1911 - by Ludwig Hoffmann [building]5yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Bundeswehr Association office in Berlin, Germany by Nofer Architekten (built 2018) - an exceptional example of a new Berlin-style.4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
When all you want is just a bit more floor area - Casa Isolani in Bologna, Italy - with 500+ year old solid oak support columns which are 9 meters long.3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
The only remaining Do-335 - in Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center (people for scale)5yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Warthunder
Early Modernist (1934) Skyscraper District in Villeurbanne, France - exercise in Urbanism [building]5yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine (b. 1113) - blown up by the communist authorities in 19374yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The unfinished Beauvais Cathedral, overambitious project that once supposed to be the largest Gothic building in the world2yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/europe
Market Hall in Hannover (built 1892) - once one of the biggest steel and glass buildings in Germany - destroyed on July 26th 1943 by the RAF - and its replacement4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Triangular Lodge (1597) of Thomas Tresham in Rushton, England - one of the most bizarre [building]s ever built, that also doubled as a rabbit warren4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Interior of the expressionist Protestant Church at Hohenzollernplatz, Berlin (1934) [building]5yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
1000-years old mosaics and frescoes of St.Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv, Ukraine - once the largest and most important church of Kievan Rus'4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/europe
Today, 79 years ago on a Palm Sunday of 1942, first Area Bombing raid was conducted, set to destroy the old town of Lubeck. 30%+ of the city was destroyed, including 3 out of 5 city's large Gothic churches3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/europe
Salzhaus and Haus Frauenstein - built around 1600 in Frankfurt-am-Main - were one of the most important townhouses of Europe - destroyed March 22, 1944 in a massive raid on Frankfurt Old Town by Royal Air Force6yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Golden Libra - half-timbered [building] in Frankfurt-am-Main - built in 1619, destroyed in 1944, reconstructed in 20186yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Hard Work Ahead - view on the heavily irradiated ruins of Unit 4, start of mobilization for Shelter construction, first week of July 19865yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/chernobyl
The spires of Lubeck, Germany - Queen of Hanseatic League, UNESCO World Heritage3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/europe
600 years old Timber frame [building]s in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany5yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Sudklint Road in Braunschweig - Destroyed Oct 15, 1944 along with entire medieval city6yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Cabaret de l'Enfer (Cabaret of Hell) - built in 1892 - arguably world's first thematic venue - demolished in 1950s to allow expansion of the supermarket.6yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Medieval town of Lisieux - largely destroyed by Allied preparatory bombardment of Normandy, June 1944.6yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Central square of Dresden - Neumarkt - pretty much every building on this picture has been reconstructed from scratch (2005-2019 and ongoing)5yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
Old Chancellery in Hannover (built ~1550) - an exemplary Brick Renaissance house - destroyed on July 26th 1943 in a 10 minute bombing raid by the Royal Air Force.4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Gaijin pls! - Vought XF8U-3 Super Crusader - mean and ugly competitor to F-4 Phantom II5yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Warthunder
Cluny Abbey (France: 4-12th Century) - was a biggest building in the world for 400 years - almost completely demolished in the aftermath of French Revolution (1789-99)6yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Robarts Library (1973) in Toronto, Canada - remarkable and one of the most successful brutalist\\concrete expressionist [building] in North America.6yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
City centre of Mississauga, ON, Canada (above) and centre of Toulouse, France (below) - the drastic difference between traditional and modernist urban planning4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
The Colossus of Prora (1936-39) - former Nazi resort hotel - the longest habitable building in Europe (4.5 km long) and a striking example of Nazi architecture3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Small town of Kwidzyn/Marienwerder in the former East Prussia. Survived the fighting of Jan.1945 unscathed, but was deliberately burned down by the Red Army couple of days after capture.4yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Vanishing past - the decaying ruins of 15th Century Brick Gothic parish church of Almenhausen, East Prussia, now Kashtanovo, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/europe
Another building to be reconstructed soon in Dresden, Germany - the so called Fool's House, originally built in 17554yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
Since we're once again on museum porn wave - Me-163, with people for scale5yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Warthunder
Leaning tower of Zaragoza (1504) - famous landmark of Spanish Mudejar architecture, demolished in 1892 as a part of late XIX century urban removal scheme6yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Knights of the Korea - MiG-15bis and F-86A Sabre (Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center)5yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/Warthunder
Toronto's Cathedral of Commerce - former Canadian Bank of Commerce head office building6yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/toronto
Visualization of Plan Voisin, Le Corbu's concept to redevelop much of central Paris, France.3yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
Ensemble of merchant houses on Lviv Market Square, Ukraine (16-17 Century) [building]6yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/architecture
I see your circular Romanian village, and raise you to Pentagon Ukrainian village of Rivne/Konigsau5yr ⋅ Strydwolf ⋅ r/europe
